 |
| The World Factbook 2021. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 2021. |
Rather than
do the “up” story of Croatia and then repeat ourselves for the “down”, it’s all
been lumped together – a Heinz variety of sorts – of our flight along the
Croatian coast. “Never set a schedule
they say!” and yet we did. Who could
not, with a tempting two week stay in Venice on offer and a planned haul-out in
Greece shortly after? So rush we did.
Croatia has a sailing-friendly coastline, with plenty of safe harbours to plan a series of overnight stops. From Dubrovnik, we set our sights on Pula, and from there planned a voyage along the Croatian coastline that would hopefully avoid too many paid moorings or anchorages and elude vast fleets of charter yachts. For the down/return voyage, we had our friend, JKip, join us in Venice and depart in Montenegro.
Despite Croatia’s charms, it can be expensive for cruising yotties
unless you have the time to explore every nook & cranny thoroughly. (Anchorages are few and mooring are plenty - filling most safe harbours.) We did not.
In the end however, we managed to snag some beautiful anchorages, swim
in lovely clear waters and visit a couple of interesting sites. On the way up, the wind was on our nose. On the way back...what was that about wind? All in a little under 3 weeks. Was it worth doing? Definitely. It is certainly well set up, at best to suit the yacht charter industry. Would we come back? Probably
not.
(Editor’s
disclaimer: Our bookshelves lack
traveller’s information for Croatia. So
in the following posts, facts are few and unproven (cough, cough). We’ll give you therefore, history according
to the Windjammers with a vague promise of correcting facts, perhaps later. And if you think we're being unkind to charterers, it's more about vast fleets, huge catamarans and tourist market attitude than individuals.)
No comments:
Post a Comment